Stocking-welting machine.



J. 1 WE1S. STOCKING WELTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT.11,1909.

1 1 18,322, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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STOCKING WELTING MACHINE APPLIGATION FILED 0OT.11,190E

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W/TNESSES: N L (D W (Ji m ATTORNEY.

J. P. WEIS.

STOCKING WEL'I'ING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.11,1909.

1.1 118,322. Patented Nov. 24. 1914 (3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

WITNESSES: V /(V|/ENTOR Arman/Er.

J. P. WEIS.

STOCKING WELTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001211, 1909. 1.118.322. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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W/INESSES: AL, 2 @Q ATTORNEY.

J. P. WEIS FTOOKING WEI/PING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT, 11, 1909,

Patented Nov. 24, 1914-.

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vJ- C J. P. WEIS.

STOCKING WELTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT.11,1909. 1,1 1,32%, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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By M ATTORNEY.

' operating mechanism of novel construction;

JOHN P. WEIS, OF NYACK, NEW YORK.

STdCKING-WELTING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN P. Wins, a citizen of the United States, residing in Nyack, county of Rockland, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stocking-l/Velting Machines, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to machines for overedge'stitching or overseaming, and particularly to a machine adapted for overedging hemmed goods such as stockings and tubular garments, or other tubular articles, whether of knitted or woven fabric. The particular features of my present invention being adapted for simultaneously sewing and trimming tubular work, the machine;

containing the improvements having become known in the trade as a stocking Welter.

Among the objects of my invention may be noted the following: to provide a simple, easy-running, high-speed, overedge stitching mechanism for manipulating two threads. so asto overstitch an edge or edges of the ,work and practically cover the trimmed edge; to provide a stitch-forming mechanism which is compact and cheap of construction, whereby the work can be accomplished with ease and facility in combination with a mechanism wherebv the edge of the Work can be trimmed in advance of the stitching, and the latter applied so as to effectively cover the trimmed edge and stitch it to the body of the material with an overedge stitch which shows on but one side of the work; to provide a stitch-forming mechanism including a looper and spreader to provide a sewing machine with a simple and effective trimming mechamsm having a novel cooperative relation; to provide a system of elements or mechanisms so associated as to enable blind stitching to be produced on and over the edge of trimmed work; and to provide certain details of construction which cooperate to handle the work and threads and which, in their combination of individual and characteristic features. .produce a novel machine.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have provided drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the general form of my machine; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the presser-foot detached from its bar; Fig. 3 is a perspective view Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 11, 1909.

Patented Nov. 24., 1914..

Serial No.. 522,158.

of the work guide; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the prcsser-foot shown as attached to its bar; F 1g. 5 is a rear elevation of the machine; Fig. 6 is a left endelevation of the machine; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the cover an guard-plate; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the work-plate with certain parts broken away to show details of construction and other parts shown in horizontal section; Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9, Fig. 8, showing in side elevation the take-up and thread-clamping disk fixed to the di'ivingshaft; Fig. 10 is a section on the line 10-10, Fig. 8, showing in side elevation the thread-clamp and guide for the spreader-thread, it being noted that Figs. 9v and 10 show the parts in cooperative relation; Fig. 11 is a fr'ont'end elevation of said clamp and guide detached from the machine; Fig. 12 is a front elevation showing portions of the spreader and looper actuating mechanism; Fig. 13 is a front elevation showing the mechanism of Fig. 12 in its cooperative relation to its driving mechanism and the machine, the view being substantiallv along the line 13-13 of Fig. 8; Fig. 1'1 is a detail in top plan showing the spreader and looper in coiiperative relation looking in the direction of the arrows from theline 14*14, Fig. 12; Fig. 15 is a verti-' cal section of the machine taken substantially on the line 15-'15, Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrows: Fig. 16 is a section on the line 16--16 of Fig. 8 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig 17 is a side elevation of the trimmer-lever with its iournal and driving-shaft in section: and Fig. 18 is a section substantiallv on the line 18-18 of Fig. 6 showing the details of construction of the means for supporting the ledgerblade of the trimming mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the bed of the machine, 2 the vertical arm,3 the overhanging arm and 4 the head carrying the bearings 5, in which the needle-bar 6 and presser-bar 7 operate. The needle-bar is actuated in usual manner by the needle-lever 8. fulcrumed at 9 to the vertical arm 2, and having the rear extension 10. connected by an eccentric strap 11, see Fig. 8, surrounding an eccentric 12 at its lower end, carried by the driving-shaft 13, which latter, at its outer end, adjacent the eccentric, has attached thereto the combined pulley and handwheel 14. The eccentric12 and strap 11 are covered by the shield 15,

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11 ill having the hey-hole slots 15 for passage of the screws 16 for securing the shield to the machine. lhe forward end of the needlelever 3 is pivotally connected by a link 17 with a collar 13 clamped to the needle-bar 6, which latter, at its lower end, carries the needle 19. The presser-bar 7 is held to its work by a spring 20, hearing at one end upon a collar Ill, clamped to said bar, and at its other end bearing upon the spindle 22 of the tension-device 23, said spring beinn; adjusted as to pressure by the adjustingscrew 2st. The presser-bar, at its lower end, carries the shank 25, to which the presserfoot 26 is pivotally connected, as at 27, by its-attaching-plate 28. All these parts are, or may be, .substantially the same as tound in the now well-known Metropolitan sewing machine Eliurther detail description of them is deemed to be unnecessary. presseratoot 36 has forward end upturned as 29, and thereto is adjustably secured the guard 30, by means of the screw passing through the slot 32 in thes'hank of said guard. is adjustably attached the to gue 33, over which the stitches are formed, the same extending rearwardly and parallel with the loot located substantially in the line of feed. This tongue is attached to the foot by means of the screw cal, passing through the elongated slot 35, thus enabling the tongue to laterally adjusted on the foot so as to regulate the degree of tension of the stitches and accommodate the width of scam desired. The rear edge of the attachingplate of the presser-foot adjacent the'latter is provided with l shapeci notch 36, the edges of which are sharpened so as to be suiliciently keen to cut the thread, or line of stitches, when the same is brought into contact therewith, which is readily done loy moving the same rearwardly after the worlr has been passed from under pressertoot, rear oi the stitching position, see l 3, the machine is provided with a topplate, the same being; secured by means of a screw 33 to one of the standards 39 ofthev machinebed and one or the functions of which top-plate 37 is to support the trimmer-lever t0, the details of which are shown in Figs. 15 and 17, said trimmer-lever operating" in the slot or opening 37 of said top-plate. The trimmer-lever 40 is provided with the hub il, through which extends the journal-pin 4-2, supported in the opposite bearings d3 of said top-plate 37, said lever being; secured to-said pin l2 by screw ll and being free to move laterally with said journal-pin but held in adjusted position by means of the screw-threaded bushing i l, sleeved upon said pin 42 and working in the adjacent bearing 13 of it the top-plate, said bushing being provided with the knurled head 45, which The 7 th rear oi the guard engages the hub ll of the trimmer-lever. The bushing a l has screwed upon its outer end the binding-nut 4E6, which engages the side or the adjacent bearing 43 ot the topplate 37, to limit the adjustment of the bushing ll and, consequently, hold the trimmerlever and bushing Wtrom lateral movement. To enable control or the adjustment of the trimmer-lever in opposite directions to be maintained, a head 42 is provided on the inner end of the journal-pin 4:2, said head being; in the form of a screw threaded into the end of said pin. Hence, adjustments of the trimmer-lever can be made and maintained, in one direction to regulate the pres sure of the trimmer-blade against the ledger-blade. and in the opposite direction to regulate the width of trim or width of" seam, the said head 42 operating as a limit and enabling the trimmer'lever to be readily shifted. The trimmer-lever, at the forward end of its overhanging arm 47, is termed with a groovedhead 48, in which is set the trimmer-blade 49, for longitudinal adjust-.

ment, said blade being carried in the grooved head 50, oi a bolt 51, said bolt-head having; the flanges 52, which engage said trimmer-blade and clamp the same tightly to the grooved head 4:8 of the arm at, the

. bolt-head resting in a socket of lever-head d8 bein adusted and held in )lace b I I, "a l l the nut c3 threaded on the rear end of sa1d bolt, see 15. The lower arm 5% of the pushed rearwardly too far back or brokenhff under any circumstance, thus insuring the proper sliding engagement of thecutting edge with the cutting edge 62 of the ledger-blade'bl, which latter is supported by the block 63, which is grooved at 64 to receive said blade, as shown in Fig. 18. Adjacent said groove 64 is a wider groove 65, which receives the head 66 of an internally screw-threaded sleeve 67, which slides freely in the horn-shaped extension 68 of the end wall 69 of the machine, said sleeve being held in place by means of the screw 70, screwing into said horn and impinging against the said'sleeve. By this means, the block or holder 63 is firmly held against the horn. 68 and theledgenblade 61 is given its ltld V bind the same tightly against the flat wall general location in the machine. Vertical adjustments of the ledger-blade 61 are secured by means of the screw 71, passing through the horn 68, and threaded into the sleeve 67, and at its forward end impinging against the ledger-"blade 61,so as to press and of the groove 64 of the block or holder 63. The trimmer-blades operate in advance of the stitch-forming mechanism and perform the function of trimming the edges of the work in advance'of the overedge stitching, which latter binds the trimmed edge as the work is fed through the machine. Located in advance of the trimming mechanism and cooperating with the ledger-blade thereof is the adjustable edge-guide and work retainer shown in detail in F 3 and illustrated from different sides in Figs. 8, 15 and 16, said device consisting of the attachingplate 7 2, provided with an elongated slot 7 3, through which pass the binding-screws 7-1l, screwed into the depending-portion 75 of the throat-plate. The attaching-plate is provided with a guiding-finger 77, arranged at a right angle thereto and extending forwardly parallel with the 'line of feed and from the upper edge of said attaching-plate said finger being tapered to a point, 'as at 78, and being provided,between its ends, with an overhanging, worleretaining ear 79. The finger guides the edge of the material and its beveled, pointed end extends in line with the ledgenblade and approaches the forward edge of the latter, as clcarlyshown in Figs. 8, 15 aid 16, it being understood that, in the operation of the machine, the

-guide leads the fabric, directly to the trim- ;mer-blades and under the presser-foot, the

trimmer trimming the edge of the work and thus preparing the same for the binding stitches of the overedgestitching mechanism. The plate can be adjusted laterally by means of the slot 73 and screws 74. so as to regulate the depth of the overedge stitching'or width of the'latter, and also the amount of trimming the work is to have preparatory to the stitching. The adjustment of the guide may also be' such as to.

enable blind-stitching to be produced, since the position of the guide-portion 77 will determine whether-the needle shall penetrate the several pieces of work from side-toside or merely pass through the top piece and.

into one side and out of the same side at the fold of the lower piece of work. The ear 79holds the fold of the work down upon the Work-plate and prevents the edge thereof from springingbut of position, or beingimproperly trimmed by the trimming mecha nism.

The work-plate 7 6 is held in position on the end-plate 69 of the machine by means of the screws 80, and this work-plate supple ments the horn 68 in supporting the work,

said plate 76 being provided with a plurality of elongated slots through which the serrated fceding surfaces 81 of the feed-dog operate and also being provided with an open-sided slot 82 for the operation of the needle and for the free movement of the threads of the stitch. It will be noted that this work-plate is not extensive and that it projects laterally beyond the front end of the machineand over the further extending horn 68. Hence, there is clearance all aroundthe said plate and horn, which gives freedom of movement for manipulating the work and enables tubular articles to be freely fed and extended up to the feed and stitching position.

. The feeding mechanism clearly shown in Figs. 5, (3, S, 15 and 16 is specially con structed to cotiperate with the trimmer. and 1 stitch-forming mechanism and other peculiar parts of my present machine, and consists of the feed-bar 83, carrying at its forward end the feed-dog 841, which extends from the end of the bar toward the front of the machine at a right-angle to and from the top of its attaching-shank 85, which is secured to the bar by means of the screw 86, in any suitable manner, whereby it may be adjusted vertically, as usual. Viewing Figs. 8 and 16, it will be seen that said feed-do S-l is offset laterally from its bar or toward the left end of the machine. By extending the dog forward, as shown in Fig. 16, room is given for the operation of the looper and the bottom of the dog is cut out vertically at 87, so as to permit the looper to be approached quite close to the bottom of the capable of being applied to any similar form of machine. This construction also enables the feed-bar to be tilted so as to cause its dog to engage the work either wholly in front of or wholly behind the path of reciprocation of the needle, or to engage the work with firmer grip in front of the needle than behind the same, or vice versa, according to the degree'of tilt given the dog by adjusting the bracket 92, in the same manner as set forth in my prior application Serial No. 153,907, filed April 23, 1908- The rise and fall of the feed-bar is imparted by means of the rooved eccentric disk 95, carried by the driving-shaft 13, the depending V-shaped portion of the feed-bar being received in the groove 97, of said disk, the two .coiiperating to prevent any relative lateral movement, A depending, angular arm 98 engages in'the groove 97 of the eccentric opposite the portion 96, and the teed-bar is thus given a positive rising and tailing motion. The arm 98 is adjustable vertically in socket 96 ot the feed-barby screw 98*, this enabling any wear which may occur between the bar, arm and eccentric to be taken up or compensated for. It will. be seen that all possibility ofrattling iseliminated and that the teed-mechanisrnis capable o1 high-speed. Longitudinal reciprocations are imparted to the bar by means of the eccentric 99, surrounded by the end 160 of the strap 101, the rear end of which is pivotally connected at102 to a slidingshoe 103, which receives in a groove thereof the curved lever 88. upon the lever by means of the cross-piece 104-, the two embracing said lever, and adjustments of the shoe along the lever are secured by means of the screw105,'whieh passes through the rear wall 011 said shoe I and engages the rear edge of the said lever.

The eccentrics are so timed the usual four motions will be imparted to'the teed dog for engaging, progressing, receding from and moving into position to again engage, the work. From the foregoing description, it will be seen'that the feed mechanism has been materially simplified and reduced to the least possible elements and,

that, in consequence, its action is easy, smooth and rapid. lit-will also be seen, viewingldigs. 5 and 8, that the feeding mechanism has been so constructed, as to enable it to .be placed at the extreme end of the work-plate and that the lateral or'iset of the feed-dog disposes the latter so as to overhang, or project beyond the end of, the machine. This, with the arrangement of the work-plate 7 6 and horn 68,is an important combinative feature of my present invention. Also, it isto be noted that the mode of supporting the trimmer-lever and the ledger-blade is such, in combination with I the structure oi. the trimming mechanism,

as a whole, as to enable a very close relationship to be established between it and the stitch-forming mechanism and feeding ,meohanism atthe extreme end of the ma chine, all 01 which aid in the production of my improved machine. and make the same practical for the special purposes pointed out.

The looper and spreader mechanisms have been materially simplified, as will be seen by reference to l igs. 8, 12, 13, 1d, 15 and 16. The main shaft 13 has set upon ita bevel- 106, meshing with a bevel-gear. 107, carried by a disk 108, provided with an. enlarged, circular, grooved portion 109, and

The shoe is retained on the opposite side or: the latter with smaller circular portion similar to 108, the portion 110 carrying the crank 111, the outer end of which is extended from a second crank 112. The bevelgear 10'? is supported upon a bearing 108 of the disk 108, and the driving engagement is secured by a pin. 168 onsaiddisk 108 entering a corresponding socket in gear 107. liurther details of this construction have not been given, since no claim is made thereto in this case but in my companion case tiled of evenvdate herewith, where all details are shown. The bevel-gear, with its triplex driving-disk is held in place by the bracket 113, and cooperating screw-threaded face-ring 114-. The bracket 113 is connected by its base 113 to the bed 1 by means of screws 113 a rib 113 uiding and setting the same properly in p ace in the base by cooperating with a groove in the latter. The disk-portions 108 and 110 are centered in the bracket and face-ring andthe latter is-provided with an inner circumferential bevel 114i, correspondingv to the opposing, circumferential bevel 113801 5 the bracket,

the two beveled surfaces thus .inaking a Vshaped race for the reception; of ballbearings 109 which support the enlarged portion 109, and in the groovelOti ct which said balls are received. The adjustment of the face-ring will produce the proper cooperation between the parts and take up any lost motion of wear. A shoe 3 and adjustin -screws a may hold the ring fixed. The crank 111 has connected to it, by any suitable means, one end ot the pitman 115, the opposite end of which is con nected by an ordinary ball-joint 116, the pin; of which extends from a radius-bar 117, through the inner end of the spreader-lever 118, carrying at its outer end, in the clampportion 119, the socket-pin 120, the latter, in its upper end, having the shank of the spreader 121 clamped therein by the screw 122, a screw 123 binding the socket-pin in place in the clamp 119. By this means, the, spreader 121 is given a triplex adjustment, vertically by the socket-pin in the'clamp 119 and circularly and longitudinally in the socketpin by the screws 122. The spreader is of the thread-carrying variety, being provided in one face with the groove 124*. at opposite ends of which are thread-eyes 125, the spreader, at its outer end 126, being laterally and vertically turned, as shown in Figs. 8 and 13. The spreaderdever 118 is mounted upon a radius-plate 127, by means of the journal-pin 128, said: plate being journaled at 129 to-an inclined supportingplate 130, the lower edge of which is securely bolted to a base-plate 131, by means of one or more bolts 132. The bar 117 is pivoted at its upper end by means of the and lever 118 being between the ends of to said plate by the screws 135, the connec tion 116 of the pitman 115, radius-bar 117 said bar 117. The radius-plate 127, at its upper end, slides in the race formed between the inclined plate 130 and the curved bar 136, secured to said plate by means of screws 137. By this construction, the su port and operation of the spreader is rigi positive and without loose or lost motion, and vibration and chattering are entirely eliminated. The inclination'of the mechanism, as shown in Figs. 15 and 16, gives a tilt to the spreader, the effect of which is to enable the latter to cooperate properly with the looper and the needle to engagev a loop of needle-thread carried by the 'loo er, and present its own thread to the nee le above the work so that the strands of needle-loop will be pro erly disposed on the edge of the work, whi e the strands of the spreaderloop will be carried obliquely from back to. front of the needle. As stated, the plate 130 is secured to the base-plate 131, the latter in turn being secured to the bed-plate 1. of the machine by meanslof screws 138,

passing through enlarged apertures in said plate, as shown by dotted lines 139, in Fig. 13., Thisenables the base-plate, with all its important parts, to be adjusted universally in a horizontal plane on the bed-plate of the machine so as to position the s reader and looper mechanism properly re atively 'to'the feeding mechanism and the needle.

The adjusting means are shown in this case only in dotted lines,since the-same forms no part of the present invention, but is made the subject of claim in my companion case filed of even date .herewith. At the fori ward end of the base-plate 131, journal- -bearings 140 are provided, in which is journaled .the looper-carrier l ll, by means of the pin 142, to which the carrier is fixed by means of the screw 143., the said carrier be ing provided with a vertical portion 144,

' to which is secured the shank of the loo er 145,, by means. of the screw 146, pass ng through said shank and into the said vertical portion, the looper having,'at its upper end, the,rearwardly pointed hook 117, for. engaging the loop of the needle-thread, and

in advance of the hook, just above itspoint of attachment to the looper-carrier, having a beveled needle-deflecting portion 148, to prevent the point of the needle in its descent from engaging the shank of the looper thus avoiding possibility of bending. or breaking the needle, or injuring the"looper.

Near its top, the: looper-carrier is provided with the .laterallywextending journalpin149, upon which sw i n stheconnectipn 150, .to'the lower endof w -all isfadjusta 1y connected the pitman 151, which at its rear end is connected by the usual ball-joint 152, to a crank-plate 153, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13 and in full lines in Fig. 8, the other endof which plate is journaled, as previously stated, to the outer end of the pin 112. Thus, the spreader and looper are driven from the same prime-movenor driving-gear connected with the main shaft; but, by reason of the intermediary of the crankplate 153, the propel-timing between the spreader and looper are obtained so that the looper, in its rearward movement, engages the loop of needle-thread as the needle is moving upward and the spreader moves forward to engage the loop of said needlethreadand lift the same from the hook of the loo er across the edge of the workplate. his mechanism makes a noiseless, positive, easy and rapid running driving mechanism for the looper and spreader, as will be readily understood. The screw 143, which secures the looper-carrier to the in 142, permits adjustment of said carrier aterally on said journal-pin, clearance at op-' osite sides of said carrier between the bearmgs 1 10 permitting such adjustment. The

pin 142 may be screw-headed, as shown at the right of Fig. 16, and its 0 posite end is socketed for the reception of t 1e screw 142, which, with the head at the opposite end, holds the journal-pin in place,

As will'be seen, the stitch-forming mechanism produces a two-thread overstitch by manipulating a needle and a spreaderthread, the needle-thread being led from a usual su ply throu h the tension-device 154;, thence through a t read'cye 155, carried by the needle-lever 8, thence through guide 156 adjustable onarmB, and thence to a threadeye 157, carried by the needle-lever near its forward end, thence to a thread-guide 158, mounted on the upper .cndyof the needlebar, and thence through the thread-clamp and guide 159 on the lower bearing 5 of the machine-head, and thence. towthe eye of the needle; while the spreader-thread passes from the usual supply through the tensiondevice 23 and thence through a combined thread-clamp and pull-off,- the carr ingplate of which is indicated by 160, see i s. 8, 9, 10 and 11, and thence directly to t e rear eye 125 of the spreader. The carryend, extends the inclined guide-arm167, in the rear edge of which is formed a V- shaped notch 168, terminating in the threadey'e169. The vertical post 163, at its upper v end, is provided with the thread-eye 170,

and directly opposite the same, on the forward end of the horizontal portion166, a like thread-eye 171 is set. On its front side, the horizontal portion 166 has clamped in thereto'the shank of a spring 172, by means of screws 173, said spring being curved at its rear end around the inclined arm 167 and extended forwardly, as at 174:,to the front edge of said inclined arm, where said spring is formed'into or provided with an enlargement 175, which stands within the space? between the two horizontal arms 164: and 166. The spreader-thread, extending front-the tension 23,- runs to the thread- .29 guide-170, thence to the thread-guide171,

thence upwardly between the spring-pen tion 174 and the inclined arm 167,- to the thread-eye 169, and thence forward to the rear thread-eye of the spreader. Thus, a '25 strandof spreader-thread extends between the twothread-guid'es 170 and 171, in which position said strand is engaged by the combined take-up and pull-off disk 176, carried on the driving-shaft-13 and secured thereto to by means of the screw 177, passing through gagement with the-thread and clamping thelatter firmly against the inclined extension 167 of the thread guide. While the thread is thus clamped, no slack can be drawn from the direction of the spreader, but a .supply is directly drawn from the tension between the latter and said thread-clamp. This furnishes the necessary supply for the stitch next to be made and relieves the spreader from imposing strain upon the said thread. By the construction just described, it will be seen that a simple, compact, positively- 5 acting and rapid device is provided, having the triple functions of taking up slack, pulling off thread and clamping and unclamping the same so that the pull-01f and take-upactions can be accomplished at the proper time.

@wing to the character of work performed bymy machine and the shape of the work-support necessarily entailed thereby, the looper, in its forward movement, passes 1B5 slightly beyond the end wall 69 of the frame, for which purpose an aperture is provided, see Figs. 6 and 13, through which the heel of the looper may project in operation, said; front wall being, at this point,

the same into the endof thebed-plate 1, the

combined top and end plates being thus rigidly secured in place and affording-a very firm and substantial support for the-trimmerlever 4C0, sov that the vibration of the latter cannot cause any vibration or chattering in the machine.

As seen particularly in Figs. 1, 7 and 8, a front cover-plate is provided, the upper portion 182 of which is inclined relatively to its vertical base-portion 183, which latter is secured to the front vertical edge of the bed-plate 1 by means of the open-end, angular slots 184, extending from the lower edge of said Vertical portion 183. These slots admit the shanks of screws 185 and, after passing through the vertical portion thereof, said shanks pass to the closed end of said slots when the cover-plate is moved toward the front end of thermachine. The screws are then clamped tightly upon the vertical portion 183 of the cover-.plate'to hold the same firmly in position. At its rear end, the cover-plate, in the inclined portion 182, is provided with the circular bulge 186, in the concavity of-which the crank mechanism 112, 152 and 153 operates, the said bulge giving perfect freedom of movement andpreventing contact of the inclined portion 182 of the cover-plate with said mechanism. At its forward end, the

c0ver-plateis provided with the semi-circular' convexity 187, given for the purpose of covering .and avoiding the looper and looper-carrier in their operation, and formed in extension thereof is a substantially vertical portion 188, which prevents too the trimming cut from theedge of the work from passing over the top of said cover plate and becoming entangled with the operating mechanism. Atthe forward end of the said extension 188 and convexed por 56 lyin 5 g -angle to provide the portion 182, as

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7, which covers the ends of the pitmen115 and 151 and their actuating mechanism. By constructing the cover-plate as shown and extending its upper horizontal ed'ge.182 into cooperation with the inclined supportingplate 130, see Fig. 8, all the important parts carried by thebed-plate are protected from dust and lint and whatever oil may be flirted by said parts will be prevented from reaching the work or the operator, danger to the latter, from rapidly-running parts, being also avoided.

From the'foregoing" description, the following brief exposition of the mode of operation .will be readilylunderstood: The ro- "tation of thedriving-shaft will vibrate the trimmer-lever 40,'throu'gh the medium of the slide-block and'eccentric 56, the eccentric 99 operating the pitman '101 and drivin the segmental lever 88, which in turn rives the feed-bar 83, the eccentric and angle-arm 98 iving the vertical rise and fall to the fee -bar, thus causing the work to be' fed up to the trimmer and the stitch-formingmechanism. The latter has its needle-bar driven by the eccentric on the. driving-shaft, actuating the strap 11,

- which operates the needle-lever 8, while the 3K double crank mechanism, operated from the bevel gearing on the drivingshaft, operates 'the two pitmen 115 and 151. to respectively actuate, through, the intermediate connec-. tions, the spreader and looper. The work,

"0 if it be a stocking, or similar tubular worl:i

the top of which is to behemmed, trimme and stitched, has its top hemmed as apneliminary to the trimming and" stitching and the doubled ortion is then again doubled at the edge 0' the work and the three superposed portions, with the free edge on top, are placed upon the work-plate and over the' horn thereof under the Presser-foot, with the folded and single ed e superposed and against the guide 7 and under the over anging-portion 79 of the latter; The guide will be so adjusted that a portion of the free edge, which isto be trimmed, will lie directly in the' path of the trimming I 6'5 blades. Thus, as the work is fed along, the

trimming mechanism will sever a narrow portion from the edge of the work, which will pass forward into engagement with the shunt-guide and guard 188, 189, 190, and

' trimmed edge and then the doubled portion will slide over the convexed portion 187 and of the work close to the bend thereof, and, having passed through the work-plate to its lower extreme, will retrograde andthrow out a loop. At this time, the looper will move rcarwardly and its hook 147 will engage the needle-loop and carry the same rearwardly so that the spreader, in its combined forward and vertical movement, will pass close beside the looper at the base of its hook in the depression 117*, 'see Fig. 14, so as to reach directly under one strand of the loop extending from said hook to the work.

same vertically into engagement with the edge of the work and moves forwardly into said loop, which latter is prevented from being carried forward and is caused to slide rearwardly on the bodyof said spreader by its engagement with the edge of the work and the tongue 33 of the presser-foot. The spreader passes forward through the loop over the edge of the work and, in so doing, passes its thread through said loop into position for entrance by the needle, this occurring as' the spreader moves rearwardly, thus causin its thread to be bowed out into the path 0 the needle. Thus, the

needle-thread is caused to hold the spreaderthread in loop form on the top surface of the work, while the 'spreader thread is caused to hold the needle-threadin loop form across the bottom surface and edge of the work. v Accordin to the adjustment of the edgeguide 77, t e work will be either blindstitched with an overedge stitch, or overstitched with one thread showing on the top surface.

At this point, it is important to lay stress upon the combinative arrangement of the elements and mechanisms of my new machine, the ultimate result of which is to perform certain im ortantoperations upon tubular work of hot large and small diam 110 eter; that is 'tosay, stockings,.sleeves and other similar tubular work must be trimmed and the trimmed edge sewed to the body material, and this must be accomplished with' an overedge stitch, ;which will have the 115 effect of binding down and covering the raw edges which have been trimmed and, in certain instances, of so .performing this function as to avoid all showing of the threads of the stitches on the fair surface 120 of the work, by this'meaning that a blind stitch of overedge variety is produced. This important functional operation and effect upon the work can-well beproduced by a combination of elements and mechanisms 125 erally from its bar and working through 180 The point of the spreader engages this rear strand of the loop and lifts the t said plane. 2 manipulated entirely on one side ofv the stitching position and beyond the end of said throat-plate beyond the frame of the machine, said feeding-device being located at one extreme end of said frame, and a trimming mechanism located also at one Za/BXtreme end of the said frame and having lts functional elements operating ad acentone edge of the said throat-plate, and a stitch-forming mechanism also operating adjacent one edgeof said throat-plate and in Mg-fl'fiflt of the functional elements of the trimming mechanism; And it is important to note that the feeding-device operates almost entirely at one side of a plane extending transversely of the work-support and LggCLlttlDQ, the longitudinal axis of the needlebar, and that the major portion of the throat-plate projects laterally from the frame of the machine on the same side of This enables the Work to be the machine-frame Without possibility of interference between the latter and the Work. This also avoids any possibility of the Work gafl'ropping upon, or coming in contact with,

any of the moving or running parts of the driving mechanism of the machine elements and insures absolute cleanliness and un solled work, allowing also perfect freedom 30 in the manipulation of the work by the operator, who can, at one and the same time, maintain the same with one hand in proper position relative to the work-guide and functional elements of the machine and,

35 with the other hand, support the body of the work and manipulate it so that desired results may be obtained. Therefore, the combinative arrangement of elements and mechanisms as descrlbed and claimed are to important.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with the frame of a at sewing machine having a top-plate and an Fro-said frame adjacent the end-wall and under the top-plate, and having its feed-dog projecting beyond the end-wall, stitch-forming mechanism operating at the same end of the frame, close to the feeding mechanism andin front of the top-plate.

2. in combination with the frame of a sewing machine having a top-plate and an end wall formed integral; stitch-forming mechanism; feeding mechanism; and trimtaming mechanism including a trimmer-lever; the feeding mechanism being located at the extreme end of the machine-frame adjacent the end-wall and under the top-plate, the latter having an opening; and the trim- :L ming and stitch-forming mechanisms operatene ing close beside the feeding mechanism; the trimmer-lever extending through the opening of the top-plate, being fulcrumed on the walls of said opening, and having a rigid blade-carrying arm overhanging -the topplate and the stitch-forming mechanism.

3. In combination with the frame of a sewing machine having a top-plate arid integral end-wall, and a throat-plate extending from onecorner of the top-plate; a, feeding mechanism arranged under the top-plate.

said machine and having its trimmer-blades arranged in. advance of said. stitching mechanlsm, a feedmg mechamsm for advancing the Work to the trimming and then to the stitching mechanisms also arranged at said extreme end of the machine, and a Worksupport projecting laterally from said several mechanisms and from said extreme end of the machine.

5. In combination with the frame of a sewing machine, stitch-forming mechanism, feeding mechanism having its dog-supporting bar and its actuating connections arranged at one extreme end of said frame, a trimming mechanism having its movableblade supporting-lever journaled in said frame directly above said feed-actuating connections, and a work-support projecting laterally'from said frame and from the feeding, trimming and stitching positions.

6. In combination, stitch-forming mechanism; feeding mechanism; trimming mechanism; an edge-guide arranged in advance of the trimming mechanism, said edge-guide having an extension tapered toward and terminating in advance of the trimmerblades and also having a lip overhanging the work-plate of the machine in advance of the trimmer-blades. 7. A stocking-melting machine having, in combination, atrimming mechanism and a feeding mechanism arranged at one extreme end of the frame thereof, said frame having a projecting work-support around which the work is fed. and a stitch-forming mechanism including a looper and spreader the driving elements ofwhich are arranged along the length of the frame of the ma-' chine near the front of the latter, and the functional elements of which are arranged in intimate relation to the feeding and trimming mechanisms, and a cover-plate for signed my name in the presence of two sub- Shielfiiilg the said }c111'iving eleilnents of 1the scribing witnesses. v stitc orming mec anism, sai cover-p ate 7 having a guard and'shunt coiiperating with JOHN WLIS' 5 the trimming mechanism for disposing. of Witnesses:

the trimming of the 'work. EDWARD RUSSELL, In testimony whereof I have hereunto 4 JOHN W. KANE. 

